Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Scabies Mite Provides Insight into the Genetic Diversity of Individual Scabies Infections.

• 主要な著者: Ehtesham Mofiz (著者), Torsten Seemann (著者), Melanie Bahlo (著者), Deborah Holt (著者), Bart J Currie (著者), Katja Fischer (著者), Anthony T Papenfuss (著者)
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• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, is an obligate parasite of the skin that infects humans and other animal species, causing scabies, a contagious disease characterized by extreme itching. Scabies infections are a major health problem, particularly in remote Indigenous communities in Australia, wh...